Category: Unexplained Events
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KEY FACTS Vessel: USS Cyclops (AC-4), a U.S. Navy collier Last confirmed departure: Barbados, 4 March 1918 Intended destination: Baltimore, Maryland Cargo: manganese ore Outcome: the ship did not arrive; its final position remains unknown A Ship That Failed to Arrive On 4 March 1918, USS Cyclops steamed out of Barbados and turned north towards…
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KEY FACTS Two Men on a Hillside Three days after two men travelled into Niterói, their bodies were sighted high on Morro do Vintém. They lay in a place difficult to reach, with no obvious signs of a struggle and no witness able to explain their final hours. What investigators recovered around them suggested preparation…
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KEY FACTS Date: December 1900. Location: Eilean Mòr, Flannan Isles, Outer Hebrides. Missing: Three lighthouse keepers. Last recorded activity: 15 December. Discovered: 26 December. Category: Unexplained Events. The Light That Went Unanswered On 26 December 1900, the lighthouse tender Hesperus approached one of Britain’s loneliest outposts. No flag rose above Eilean Mòr. No provision boxes…